Example sentences of "[be] likely to be [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Spelling rules are of little help , because if they are thorough enough to explain a pattern , they 're likely to be incomprehensible to the children . |
| 2 | what we 're likely to be short of it seems to me we could end up being twenty four thousand pounds short at the end of the year . |
| 3 | Chapter 1 noted that competitive conditions in many product markets are such that they are likely to be tolerant of managerial ineffectiveness and in some substantial deviations from the profit goal will not be incompatible with enterprise survival . |
| 4 | The sites of action for protein kinase C are likely to be close to the receptors for histamine and TGLP-1 . |
| 5 | Very few flats — even for two persons — are likely to be available for less than £300 per month . |
| 6 | Very few flats — even for two persons — are likely to be available for less than £300 per month . |
| 7 | All the plants mentioned are likely to be available from good garden centres , but cannas are not often sold as growing plants , and Perilla frutescens may be difficult to find as plants ( seed is widely available ) . |
| 8 | Therefore , at present , it is wise to design to work with systems which are likely to be available in schools in the near future , though options requiring extra facilities may sometimes be explored . |
| 9 | Suffice it to say that a company may use public relations activities , and what is called " corporate advertising " to try to build up an image in the minds of target individuals and groups who are likely to be influential in purchase decision-making . |
| 10 | Recognizing that plots of similar natural fertility , moisture , exposure , etc. , are likely to be adjacent in the field , we can adopt a system of local control in which the area is conceptually divided into three blocks each of four contiguous plots : |
| 11 | Every professional experimental researcher , in whatever field , has their own private list of fluky data , things that did n't happen quite in accord with expectations and are likely to be due to uncontrolled circumstances — such as the dirty test tube — rather than signalling a major discovery . |
| 12 | If we are indeed a unique species then many of the behaviours which differentiate us from other animals are likely to be due to our genetic make-up rather than to cultural conditioning ; but the difficulty is to know just what these animal-human characteristics might be . |
| 13 | Generally , though , all these breakfasts are likely to be low in calories . |
| 14 | up to a point I have been able to illustrate this theme by drawing attention to contrasts which are likely to be familiar to all my readers , e.g. the difference in modern Western societies between monetary and non-monetary exchanges . |
| 15 | Furthermore , there are certain aspects of Derrida 's own strategies of writing which are likely to be familiar to anyone with any experience of literature . |
| 16 | This also favoured multi-employer bargaining arrangements because , since the workforces of geographically-concentrated industries are likely to be subject to less variation in local labour market pressures , it was possible to establish and more easily maintain a meaningful wage structure for district , or higher level , employer groupings ( Beaumont et al . , |
| 17 | Inquire locally at the tourist office of Winterthur for opening times of these castles , as they are likely to be subject to variation from time to time . |
| 18 | As previously stated , many of the terms which may be included in a set of standard terms of trading are likely to be subject to a test of reasonableness under s3 of the UCTA 1977 . |
| 19 | The authors conclude that additional genetic or environmental factors are likely to be necessary for the development of type II diabetes , consistent with the very high concordance rate for type II diabetes observed in monozygotic twins . |
| 20 | Impaired β cell function in non-insulin dependent diabetic subjects was not accounted for by low birth weight , and genetic or environmental factors are likely to be necessary for development of diabetes . |
| 21 | However , additional genetic or environmental factors leading to more severely impaired β cell function are likely to be necessary for the development of non-insulin dependent diabetes . |
| 22 | Thus , the more documents that an indexing system is likely to embrace , the greater the number of index terms that are likely to be necessary for convenient retrieval ( given that the number of documents which constitute a scannable category does not vary ) . |
| 23 | In view of the consents that are likely to be necessary for the transfer of assets , there will almost certainly have to be such a period . |
| 24 | In relation to white British culture in particular , various factors combine to create a sense of unreliability in in-law support : the ambiguity about whether the in-laws are ‘ really ’ part of your kin group ; the possibility that the linking third party will be removed at some stage ; the expectation that in-law relationships are likely to be tricky at an interpersonal level . |
| 25 | In the case of working-class families who have bought shares — and this group in no way overlaps with the underclass — such purchases are likely to be small in value . |
| 26 | Wider networks in schools are likely to be possible in the future . |
| 27 | Serious issues of equity of provision arise in this context , since major cut-backs in relative resources are likely to be destructive of excellence , which serves in part as a national resource . |
| 28 | All postgraduate students in the Faculty of Medicine , whatever their course of study , who are , or are likely to be involved with patients must hold full or limited registration with the General Medical Council and must also be professionally insured . |
| 29 | These basic arms are likely to be involved in interactions with linker DNA . |
| 30 | But the company is probably right also to say that several drugs in combination are likely to be involved in more effective drug therapy . |